Air India takes measures to avoid disruption during fog in North India

Dubai

National carrier Air India has taken steps to ensure that its flights on Dubai-Delhi sector operate seamlessly during fog in the winter season in north India.

“With the decision to deploy B77-300 Extended Range aircraft, we have made an extra capacity of 85 seats available for the travelling public during this period of peak demand,” Prem Sagar, Manager, Dubai & Northern Emirates, told PTI here.

Air India has pressed into service aircraft which can land safely during fog with trained pilots and crew members with the CAT (category) 3 system. This system helps flights to land safely even during fog.

“CAT 3 landing can be done in virtually zero visibility, when runway visibility is just 50 meters. It is purely an instrument approach, based on precision radio signals from ground based station,” he said.

Air India has deployed Boeing-777 Extended Range aircraft on Delhi-Dubai-Delhi sector during fog period as it is Cat 3 B cleared, which is the highest category to land in India during fog.

“We basically want all are onward passengers to travel seamlessly upto final destinations like Lucknow/Patna and beyond,” he said.

The carrier during this period will have more seating capacity with 341 seats in place of earlier 256. So the airline is able to offer more number of seats in economy class to cater to the high demand during this period.

Fog normally occurs during early morning and late evening in northern India during December end and throughout January.

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